Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome.

An aging and frail Pope Francis began what may prove to be the most ambitious year of his papacy with a passionate call for global peace and unity even as conflicts around the world intensify.

Francis, who turned 88 last week, went into the Christmas week and Jubilee launch with a cold that forced him to deliver his weekly Sunday blessing from indoors.

Pope Leo XIV called on every parish and church group or association to become part of a "revolution" of care and gratitude by ...

Pope Francis opened the great Holy Door at St. Peter’s, too, to mark the start of the 2025 Jubilee. Getty Images The pope marked his 12th Christmas as head of the Roman Catholic Church by also ...

Francis, who turned 88 last week, went into the Christmas week and Jubilee launch with a cold that forced him to deliver his weekly Sunday blessing from indoors.

With his death April 21, Pope Francis marked yet another first in the history of the Catholic Church: he became the first pope to open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica without living to ...

Pope Francis will open five jubilee Holy Doors in the Christmas season between Dec. 24 and Jan. 6.